Handwritten recipe book from the collections of the Royal
College of Physicians.
In late 17th c. hand. With notes on the medicinal virtues of ox-gall, the prickles of hedge-hogs, the skins of mice, the blood of weasels, etc At the end are six pages of notes from "The Gibson, M.D. his book of Anatomy" written about 1700-1704. (Thomas Gibson M.D. published his "Anatomy of Human Bodies Epitomized" in 1682.) Index at end Index References: Prescriptions Gibson (Thomas), 1647-1722